** Reply to note from tweeters at u.washington.edu Fri, 14 Mar 1997 00:07:52 PST


> The swallows have returned. Today there were around 40-50 Violet-green
> Swallows, and 10 or more Tree Swallows. Other than that, there were the
> usual 40 species for this time of year. The eagles are on the nest, and
> I heard a Pied-billed Grebe doing their great hooting call.

Spring will come in a big rush this year for those south of 52N. The flow
aloft is about to buckle and your surface winds will start blowing strongly
out of the south Sat-Mon. A good weekend to get out there and revel in the
first good wave of migrants, which the swallows are always the first to
presage.

- Jack


Jack Bowling
Prince George, BC
jcbowling at mindlink.bc.ca